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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
IDF says it wrapped up pinpoint operation against terror group members in north Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF troops operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in a handout image published April 17. 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
The Israeli military says it has wrapped up a pinpoint operation against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, aimed at detaining members of the terror groups.
In a statement, the IDF says troops, led by the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, raided two school buildings in Beit Hanoun, following intelligence that Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives were gathered there and were “using the civilians sheltering there as a human shield.”
Before the troops entered the buildings they called on the civilians to evacuate, the IDF says.
